Beware of scammers trying to take advantage during pandemic

DENVER (KDVR) — Robocalls and mysterious text messages are annoying enough, but during a pandemic, they only make life more difficult.

Deborah Buchholz tells the Problem Solvers she’s received 15 text messages over the past 13 days from strangers asking her to buy cannabis products. She is afraid she is being targeted by scammers.

“It’s very fearful to know that you could be hacked like that and have things you worked for so hard taken away in just a swipe. It’s just not right,” she said.

Public health officials started reporting complaints about scams involving fake COVID-19 remedies in March. Some fraud operations tried to entice victims into clicking on links in order to buy fake test kits. Others sold fake CBD “cures.”